Tumbler-washer.



PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

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' B. J. RABIDEAU.

TUMBLE-R WASHER.

APPLIOATIOH FILED DEC- 7, 1906. RENEWED FEB. 28, 1908.

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. No. 884,992. PATENTED APR.14,1908.

' E. J. RABIDEAU.

TUMBLER ASHER. APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 7, 1906. RENEWED FEB. 2B.'1908.

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Ill/7" 13% hymns EDWARD J. RABI'DEAU, OF INGLEWOOD, WASHINGTON.

TUMBLER WASHER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed December 7, 1906, Serial No. 346,726. Renewed February 28,1908. Serial No. 418,288.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. RABIDEAU,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Inglewood, in the county of King, State of Washington, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tumbler-Washers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

This invention relates to tumbler washers, and more particularly to that class which are designed for use where there is a forced supply of water, the washer being designed to perfectly cleanse a tumbler or other glass interiorly and exteriorly by merely inverting the glass and depressin by means of the same, a valve stem. This ap aratus is articularly useful at soda fountains and the ike where it is absolutely essential that fresh water be used to clean each glass.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this class which will not injure the glasses which it is designed to wash. The breaking of glasses when such an apparatus is employed is a common occurrence but my apparatus is designed to avoid this, and in so doing I provide a guard member which has substantially the same shape as the interior of the glass and is designed to prevent the glass contacting with any portion of the apparatus except the extreme end of the valve stem and even then the said end of the stem is rovided with a rubber cap which is of en cient thickness to prevent fracture of the glass.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus, Fig. 2 is a similar View lookingin a different direction, Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view through the apparatus, and, Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the apparatus 1s shown as comprising a pipe 5 which is connected with the water supply pipe and in which is located a valve 6 carrying a stem 7 upon which is arranged a spring 8 which bears at one of its ends against a pin 9 carried by the stem and at its opposite end against a flange l0 formed'in the pipe and against which the valve 6 is designed to seat. The valve stem 7 extends upwardly and through a pipe 11 which is connected with the pipe 5 by means of aT 12 and the stem also extends through a cap 13 which has a threaded connection with the upper end of the pipe 11 and is provided with perforations 14. It will be understood, of course, that the engagement of the stem 7 through the cap 13 is a slidable one and that when the stem is depressed, the valve will be 0 ened and it will also be understood that t e stem is depressed by the bottom of an inverted tumbler, there being a rubber cap 15 disposed upon the u per end of the stemto prevent fracture of t e tumbler.

To prevent the glass from coming in contact with any other portion of the apparatus than the rubber cap for the valve stem, a guard member is provided and this guard member is preferab y formed of resilient wire and comprises a collar 16 which is fitted over the valve stem and rests upon the cap 13,

, and arms 17 extend at diametrically opposite points from the collar laterally and thence downwardly and outwardly in diverging planes, the lower ends of the arms being secured to a collar 18 engaged upon the pipe, 11.

Connected with the T 12 and extendin laterally therefrom is a pipe 19 and connecte I with this pipe and extending upwardly is a pipe 20, at the upper end of which is supported an annular pipe 21 which is provided with downwardly directed openings 22, the said openings being in a continuous series.

In order that a swirling spray may issue from the upper end of the pipe 11, the openings 14 which are formed in the cap 13 are inclined.

What is claimed is A tumbler washer of the type set forth com rising the combination with a main con uctor having a valve seat, of an alined conductor, and an angularly extending conductor communicating therewith above said valve seat, an annular perforated tube secured to the upper end of said angularly extending conductor and having its center coincident with said alined conductor, a cap having perforations in its top and a threaded portion engaged with the upper end of said alined conductor, a depressible valve stem disposed axially in said alinedconductor and provided with a valve below said valve seat, a spring for raising said stem to position to close said valve, the upper end of said stem projecting through and beyond said cap, and said arms, said inclined portions being disa skeleton frame of frusto-pyramidal form posed in upwardly convergingrclation. 10 comprising a collar surrounding said stem, a In testimony whereof, I aliix my sign atnro, collar surrounding said conductor, and wire in presence of two witnesses.

bars comprising upper and lower horizontal EDWARD J. RABIDEAU. arms secured to said respective collars and Witnesses:

extending radially therefrom and inclined WM. UNDERHILL,

Vertical portions connecting the outer ends of H. A. TEMPLETON. 

